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... dame in every place ; And but thou make a feste on thilke day That I was borne , and make me fresh and gay ; And but thou do to my norice honour , And to my chamberere within my bour , And to my faders folk , and myn allies ; Thus sayst ...
... dame in every place ; And but thou make a feste on thilke day That I was borne , and make me fresh and gay ; And but thou do to my norice honour , And to my chamberere within my bour , And to my faders folk , and myn allies ; Thus sayst ...
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... dame Ales , And I myself , into the feldes went . Myn husbond was at London all that Lent ; I had the better leiser for to pleie , And for to see , and eke for to be seie Of lusty folk ; what wist I wher my grace Was shapen for to be ...
... dame Ales , And I myself , into the feldes went . Myn husbond was at London all that Lent ; I had the better leiser for to pleie , And for to see , and eke for to be seie Of lusty folk ; what wist I wher my grace Was shapen for to be ...
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... dame " ( quod he ) , " so have I joye and bliss , This is a long preamble of a tale . " And whan the Sompnour herd ... dame , tell forth your tale , and that is best . " " Alredy , sire " ( quod she ) , “ right as you lest , If I have ...
... dame " ( quod he ) , " so have I joye and bliss , This is a long preamble of a tale . " And whan the Sompnour herd ... dame , tell forth your tale , and that is best . " " Alredy , sire " ( quod she ) , “ right as you lest , If I have ...
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... dame , and for her coach doth call : All hurlen forth , and she with princely pace , ( As fair Aurora in her purple pall , Out of the East the dawning day doth call ) So forth she comes : her brightness broad doth blaze . The heaps of ...
... dame , and for her coach doth call : All hurlen forth , and she with princely pace , ( As fair Aurora in her purple pall , Out of the East the dawning day doth call ) So forth she comes : her brightness broad doth blaze . The heaps of ...
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... dame Venus ' self he seems to see : But Venus never had so sober mood ; Sometimes Diana he her takes to be , But misseth bow , and shafts , and buskins to her knee . By view of her he ginneth to revive His ancient love , and dearest ...
... dame Venus ' self he seems to see : But Venus never had so sober mood ; Sometimes Diana he her takes to be , But misseth bow , and shafts , and buskins to her knee . By view of her he ginneth to revive His ancient love , and dearest ...
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Page 107 - And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out. So much the rather thou, celestial Light, Shine inward, and the mind through all her powers Irradiate ; there plant eyes, all mist from thence Purge and disperse, that I may see and tell Of things invisible to mortal sight.
Page 300 - Peace to all such! But were there One whose fires True Genius kindles and fair Fame inspires; Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease: Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne, View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer...
Page 407 - One morn I missed him on the customed hill, Along the heath, and near his favourite tree ; Another came : nor yet beside the rill, Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he : The next, with dirges due in sad array Slow through the churchway path we saw him borne, — Approach and read (for thou canst read) the lay, Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn.
Page 139 - CYRIACK, this three years' day these eyes, though clear, To outward view, of blemish or of spot, Bereft of light, their seeing have forgot ; Nor to their idle orbs doth sight appear Of sun, or moon, or star, throughout the year, Or man, or woman. Yet I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope, but still bear up and steer Right onward. What supports me, dost thou ask ? The conscience, friend, to have lost them overplied In Liberty's defence, my noble task, Of which...
Page 407 - There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noon-tide would he stretch. And pore upon the brook that babbles by.
Page 91 - But, swoln with wind and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread: Besides what the grim wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing said. But that two-handed engine at the door Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more.
Page 375 - He threw his blood-stain'd sword in thunder down ; And with a withering look The war-denouncing trumpet took ; And blew a blast so loud and dread, Were ne'er prophetic sounds so full of woe . And ever and anon he beat The doubling drum with furious heat...
Page 107 - Thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine: But cloud instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me, from the cheerful ways of men Cut off, and for the book of knowledge fair Presented with a universal blank Of nature's works, to me expunged and rased, And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out.
Page 454 - Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place. 1 am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey alone, Never hear the sweet music of speech, I start at the sound of my own. The beasts that roam over the plain My form with indifference see, They are so unacquainted with man, Their tameness is shocking to me.
Page 143 - Let us roll all our strength and all Our sweetness up into one ball, And tear our pleasures with rough strife Thorough the iron gates of life. Thus, though we cannot make our sun Stand still, yet we will make him run.